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Item # 5.b.

City Council (FY24)

Meeting Date:	01/23/2024
Department:	Development Services

AGENDA CAPTION:

Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance granting a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for Nando's Peri Peri, located at 5100 Belt Line Drive, Suite 728, in order to allow a 1,000 square-foot mural on portions of the north and east facades and to allow an additional attached wall sign on the north facade. (Case MR2023-07/5100 Belt Line Drive, Suite 728 - Nando's Peri Peri).

BACKGROUND:

Nando’s Peri Peri is a new restaurant, located at Village on the Parkway. The restaurant has recently opened and is requesting a Meritorious Exception to the Town’s Sign Ordinance in order to complete a proposed mural on the north and east façades of the building, facing towards the interior of the center.

The proposed mural is defined as an attached sign by the Town’s sign ordinance. The proposed mural encompasses 1,000 square-feet in effective area (17 feet, 8 inches tall and 46 feet wide). The mural covers approximately half of the eastern façade and wraps around the building, covering a portion of the northern façade. The mural exceeds the maximum area of an attached sign. The maximum area permitted on the east façade is 112 square feet and 50 square feet for the north façade.

Additionally, the maximum number of attached wall signs allowed per façade is one sign. Approval of the proposed mural would result in two wall signs on the north façade, exceeding the maximum.

The applicant is pursuing a Meritorious Exception to the sign ordinance based on the below code provision:

Town of Addison Code of Ordinances, Chapter 62 (Signs)
- Section 62-33. – Meritorious exceptions.
  - (d)(3) The council may consider appeals on the basis that such regulations and/or standards will, by reason of exceptional circumstances or surroundings, constitute a practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or on the basis that the proposed improvement, although falling under the definition of a "sign," constitutes art that makes a positive contribution to the visual environment.

The applicant’s mural is not commercial in nature, and instead highlights the restaurant’s South African heritage and passion for art. The mural features a unique pattern using a complementary color palette of green, orange, yellow, and cream.

Staff believes that the Meritorious Exception request for a mural meets the approval criteria as it constitutes art that makes a positive contribution to the visual environment of the surrounding area.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
MR2023-07 Presentation
MR2023-07 Ordinance
MR2023-07 Plans